Boudoir scene with two beauties by morning toilet was executed ca. 1845 by listed French romanticist genre, portrait and landscape painter Edmond Leclercq (1817 Arras - 1853 Paris). He studied by Constant Dutilleux in Arras, then came to work in workshop of Eugene Delacroix in Paris. He exhibited at Salon de Paris in 1841, 1843 and 1849. The artist of great skill, he was often sought as "Negro" by such paiters as of Horace Vernet and Jean Charles Langlois who asked him to paint horses or certain elements of their paintings. Himself was primarily a painter of battles, tournaments, portraits and landscapes.

Literature: E. Benezit " Dictionary of painters, sculptors, decorators and etchers"(in French), Paris, 1999. "General Artist´s Lexicon " by Thieme/Becker, Leipzig, 1999; AKL Index.

Inscription: signed and dated 1845 lower right.

Technique: oil on canvas. Magnificent original period gold-plated frame.

Measurements: unframed w 16 1/2" x h 21 7/8" (42 x 55,5 cm), framed w 24 " x h 29 1/2" (61 x 75 cm)

Condition: in good condition.